Whale Wars

Jan 07, 2010 22:39

If you've been following the news yesterday, you've heard that Sea Shepherd lost a ~$2m trimaran in a collision with a Japanese whaler. The trimaran in question was a ridiculous high-speed plaything made out of plywood, carbon fiber, and hemp; its powerplant was powered by biodiesel and hippie farts. This thing, capable of ~40-knot speeds, was hit by the steel bow of a research whaler, the Shonan Maru 2. Why were they in the vessel's path? Because they were throwing rope nets in an effort to tangle its screws. I have slapped together a little something in YouTube Doubler to illustrate the event.

No ecoterrorists were killed in the process, unfortunately. All were rescued by another Sea Shepherd vessel, the Bob Barker (named after that commie traitor who donated a whopping $5m lump sum to the ecoterrorists, which funded its commission). I am quite dumbstruck by the tactics the 'tards are using: if they were so loaded, couldn't they use the money to lobby the Japanese government? Instead they want to play pirates on the high seas, and in the process paint the actual, reasonable ecologists and preservationists as nutso lunatics.
Fuck Sea Shepherd. They math the definition of "terrorist" to a tee, and worst of all, they're not even being terrorists for a remotely reasonable purpose. The international community needs to finally acknowledge them as a hazardous nuisance and allow them to be hunted down. Preferably with a Stingray torpedo. Get it, heh heh?
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